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[patch] Dwarf3 CIE format

Paul Brook paul@codesourcery.com
Thu May 13 15:04:00 GMT 2004 
> There is one other point.  There is a comment in bfd/elf-eh-frame.c just
> above the patched code:
>
>       /* Note - in DWARF2 the return address column is an unsigned byte.
>          In DWARF3 it is a ULEB128.  We are following DWARF3.  For most
>          ports this will not matter as the value will be less than 128.
>          For the others (eg FRV, SH, MMIX, IA64) they need a fixed GCC
>          which conforms to the DWARF3 standard.  */
>
> Does this comment still apply ?

No. It should be removed. The field type (ubyte vs uleb128) is now deduced 
from the version number.

Paul
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